Objective Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common diagnosis with significant mortality if not
appropriately treated. The use of transthoracic echocardiography in patients with PE is …

Objective During the past few years, there has been a surge in the use of catheter-directed
thrombolysis (CDT) for acute pulmonary embolism (PE), in the form of either standard CDT …

Aims Right ventricular (RV) failure causes death from acute pulmonary embolism (PE), due
to a mismatch between RV systolic function and increased RV afterload. We hypothesized …

Background We sought to determine the prognostic value of transthoracic echocardiography
(TTE)-derived right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in haemodynamically stable and …

Intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism is common and carries a risk of progression to
hemodynamic collapse and death. Catheter-directed thrombolysis is an increasingly used …

The left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) velocity time integral (VTI) is an easily measured
echocardiographic stroke volume index analog. Low values predict adverse outcomes in left …

The role of echocardiography in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) remains incompletely
defined. Echocardiography cannot reliably diagnose acute PE, and it does not improve …

Adverse right ventricular (RV) remodeling leads to ventricular dysfunction and failure that
represents an important determinant of outcome in patients with pulmonary hypertension …

Objective Develop and validate a prognostic model for clinical deterioration or death within
days of pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosis using point-of-care criteria. Methods We used …

Study objective We determine the diagnostic accuracy of goal-directed echocardiography,
cardiac biomarkers, and computed tomography (CT) in early identification of severe right …